Control the setup process of Express apps services and dependencies.
$ npm install --save express-server-control
import { ExpressServer } from 'express-server-control';
export const mainServer = new ExpressServer({
port: 8080,
name: 'mainServer',
beforeConfig: [ // An array of function that will run in series before mounting middleware
// e.g. database connection init, load encryption keys etc.
// note that functions refferences are passed as arguments and called later by the class
loadfKeys,
initDbConnection,
//...
],
middleware: [ // middleware mounted with app.use(...)
// e.g
compression(),
cookieParser(),
// ...
],
tests: [ // a set of tests to run before the server calls app.listen
// e.g. database connection test
// see ServerTest class
testDB()
//...
],
afterListen: [ // functions that will run in series after app has started listening and
// all test were executed successfully.
InitWebSockets
]
});
try {
// run configuration functions
await MainServer.config();
// listen
await mainServer.listen();
} catch (e) {
console.error(e);
}